Administration

Please take a moment to view this little news item about my late-to-the-table presidential campaign. Then, I hope you will consider voting for me for President of the United States of America!

Or, if you don’t feel I would be a better president than Barack Obama or John McCain, you can launch your own campaign! To find out how easy it is, click the link, watch my campaign video (less than 2 minutes), and then click the link to make your own.

I got 2 political “humor” emails this morning. This was one, courtesy of my dear friend Pam (who has supplied me with blogworthy emails before…thanks, sweetie!). The other said this:

There is now less than a month until the election, an election that will decide the next President of the United States.

The person elected will be the president of all Americans, not just the Democrats or the Republicans.

To show our solidarity as Americans, let’s all get together and show each other our support for the candidate of our choice.

It’s time that we come together, Democrats and Republicans alike.

If you support the policies and character of John McCain, please drive with your headlights on during the day.
If you support Obama, please drive with your headlights off at night.

Thank you for your participation.

My personal preference is to start my own campaign…how about you?

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Please Forward This to Everyone you know no matter which side of the fence they’re on.

Bill Cosby!!!!!!!!

(1) “Press 1 for English” is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait at the border until you can.

(2) We will immediately go into a two year isolationist posture to straighten out the country’s attitude. NO imports, no exports.
We will use the ‘Wal-Mart‘s policy, ‘If we ain’t got it, you don’t need it.’

(3) When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it.

(4) All retired military personnel will be required to man one of our many observation towers on the southern border. (six month tour) They will be under strict orders not to fire on SOUTHBOUND aliens.

(5) Social security will immediately return to its original state. If you didn’t put nuttin in, you ain’t gettin nuttin out. The president nor any other politician will not be able to touch it.

(6) Welfare – Checks will be handed out on Fridays at the end of the 40 hour school week and the successful completion of urinalysis and a passing grade.

(7) Professional Athletes –Steroids – The FIRST time you check positive you’re banned for life.

(8) Crime – We will adopt the Turkish method, the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more life sentences. If convicted, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for your victim; gun, knife, strangulation, etc.

(9) One export will be allowed; Wheat, The world needs to eat. A bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil.

(10) All foreign aid using American taxpayer money will immediately cease, and the saved money will pay off the national debt and ultimately lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we’ll ask the American people if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision whether it’s a worthy cause.

(11) The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress.

(12) The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.

Sorry if I stepped on anyone’s toes but a vote for me will get you better than what you have, and better than what you’re gonna get. Thanks for listening, and remember to write in my name on the ballot in November.
God Bless America !!!!!!!!!!!

Well, first of all, I don’t believe Dr. Cosby is in the habit of using so many exclamation points. I’m already anticipating a view spike for this bog because of the number of people that will google this to see if it is actually true. For you, here’s what snopes.com has to say, though I hope you’ve already done that before visiting this little blog.

So, how do these things get started? Well, I don’t know who started sending the email around, but perhaps that person has been sitting in their Iowa basement for the last four years musing on this article which appeared in the Washington Monthly in January of 2005, just after George Bush began his second term. It lists a number of “alternative” candidates the Democratic party might consider to swing the election in their favor in 2008, Dr. Cosby among them. Their “case” for Cosby is as follows:

Bill Cosby

Bio: Comedian; actor; Ph.D. in education.Case for Candidacy: America’s favorite dad is also a master of reframing; Cosby consciously structured his top-rated “Cosby Show” to emphasize the importance of education and knock down stereotypes of black families. He has since drawn upon his beloved-icon status and personal fortune to stump for early-reading initiatives and endow college scholarships; now, he’s putting his popularity on the line to criticize the lax parenting and low academic standards he sees in black America today. These recent remarks, that drew defensive fire, proved the former Jello spokesman has guts and thrust Cosby back onto the national stage. A successful, much-loved black man touting education and family-values–what’s not to love?Surprising Edge: Great one-liners.Possible Disqualifier: Has admitted cheating on his wife.Odds of surviving Iowa Caucus: 50-50

But, it seems more than a few people want to believe this could actually work, whether or not Dr. Cosby wants to be president, would accept the job, or represents any of the statements made in the claim above. I found several message boards and blogs that are floating this story as authentic and urging people to write in Cosby on Election Day. So, I am here to implore you, don’t take your civic duty…heck, your civic privilege…and throw it away like this! I’d rather you stay home and not vote at all than enter the booth and be a moron! And, I would not make a statement like that lightly. This is not a popularity contest and it is not a joke. The person that steps up as our Chief Executive Officer next will have perhaps the greatest challenges ahead of any president this country has ever had. For my part, I don’t ever want to find myself at Home Depot buying duct tape and plastic sheeting and stocking up on bottled water and SPAM ever again. Think carefully, people. Your vote counts.

John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

I love JibJab…especially at campaign time. It seems so many of us lose our sense of humor when there’s an election on, especially if our candidate is the one being made fun of. But, the folks at JibJab just throw everything up in the air and make fun of everyone…so there’s no reason not to laugh. Ya gotta appreciate that!

With that illustrious introduction, here is their very latest as we say goodbye to the Bush administration and hello to God knows what at this stage of the game! It’s set to the tune of, “The Times They Are A’Changin’.”

Now, if you loved that…I mean, if you really loved it a LOT…you can visit the JibJab website and actually put yourself in the video. Or, put someone you know (and have a good head shot of) in it and send it to them. I put my Dad in it. If you’re not expecting to see yourself show up at the end of the thing, it’s quite a trip!

And, if you like putting your head on other people’s bodies (and I do mean that in the most sociably-acceptable fashion), there are a whole bunch of other JibJab “Sendables,” to keep you amused and on top of your special occasion e-card responsibilities.

A little history on the minds behind the videos can be found on the JibJab YouTube profile:

Brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis founded JibJab in 1999 with a few thousand dollars worth of computer equipment, a dial-up Internet connection and a dream of building a global entertainment brand. In 2004, their election parody “This Land” spark an international sensation and was viewed more than 80 million times online. NASA even contacted the brothers to send a copy to the International Space Station! Since then, JibJab has premiered ten original productions on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and received coverage on every major news outlet. In 2004, Peter Jennings named the brothers “People of the Year.”

Not bad going for a couple of guys from Brooklyn just messing around!

Matthew 16:1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.